Overview

• New figures from the Indus River System Authority show water availability in Pakistan’s Indus basin has fallen by 10.3 percent compared to June 2024.
• Reservoir levels at Tarbela and Mangla have dropped to around fifty percent, jeopardizing irrigation supply and hydropower generation.
• India’s suspension of treaty obligations prompted Salal Dam gate closures, triggering erratic Chenab inflows that have left Punjab province hardest hit.
• Pakistan’s government has declared that any further obstruction of river flows will be treated as an act of war.
• With the Southwest monsoon still at least four weeks away, farmers face critical risks to their Kharif planting season.